Top Names of 1999

The most popular names recorded in 1999 were Emily for girls and Matthew for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official StatCan data.

Girls

#NameBabies
1Emily2,432
2Sarah2,382
3Jessica1,935
4Emma1,672
5Megan1,559
6Taylor1,485
7Samantha1,391
8Hannah1,330
9Madison1,244
10Alexandra1,162
11Victoria1,144
12Julia1,108
13Nicole1,050
14Rachel1,049
15Ashley1,019
16Olivia945
17Alyssa908
18Rebecca893
19Gabrielle875
20Amanda859
21Sydney844
22Lauren839
23Kayla810
24Mackenzie798
25Sabrina785
26Stephanie742
27Brianna739
28Jade725
29Melissa724
30Chloe704
31Elizabeth699
32Cassandra687
33Catherine674
34Sara662
35Vanessa657
36Kaitlyn649
37Jennifer633
38Laura633
39Jenna619
40Camille606
41Emilie596
42Jasmine591
43Brittany586
44Danielle582
45Audrey581
46Grace575
47Amy548
48Maude546
49Brooke531
50Morgan525

Boys

#NameBabies
1Matthew2,901
2Jacob2,459
3Nicholas2,451
4Joshua2,321
5Michael2,293
6William2,262
7Samuel2,249
8Ryan2,002
9Brandon1,765
10Tyler1,758
11Daniel1,718
12Alexander1,664
13Justin1,597
14Kyle1,580
15Benjamin1,567
16Andrew1,516
17Christopher1,493
18Zachary1,475
19Dylan1,474
20David1,461
21Jordan1,458
22Austin1,342
23Noah1,320
24Thomas1,315
25Anthony1,299
26Gabriel1,222
27Jonathan1,219
28Liam1,194
29Nathan1,173
30Adam1,152
31Cameron1,131
32James1,119
33Jeremy1,103
34Nicolas1,100
35Kevin1,087
36Alexandre1,051
37Ethan990
38Joseph981
39Connor925
40Eric925
41John904
42Vincent825
43Evan809
44Cole796
45Tristan772
46Lucas759
47Olivier757
48Jason755
49Simon753
50Maxime713